Hunchback Girl: She Thinks of Heaven
Hunchback Girl: She Thinks of Heaven - meaning Summary
Longing for Straightness
The speaker imagines heaven as a strictly ordered, straight place where bodily and moral crookedness are undone. Addressing "My Father," she expects release from the marvel and complication of her damaged or unusual body and the guardedness it produces. Heaven promises ordinary propriety and untroubled love that runs without deviation. The poem registers yearning for normalcy, dignity, and an unembarrassed selfhood beyond present physical limitation.
Read Complete AnalysesMy Father, it is surely a blue place, And Straight. Right. Regular. Where I shall find No need for scholarly nonchalance or looks A little to the left or guards upon the Heart to halt love that runs without crookedness Along its crooked corridors. My Father, It is a planned place surely. Out of coils, Unscrewed, released, no more to be marvelous, I shall walk straightly through most proper halls Proper myself, princess of properness.
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